One may get the impression Sylva is reaching its carrying capacity for legislation this week. The Smoky Mountain News reports the town has found by outlawing parking for certain people on a couple main streets, the cars didn’t magically evaporate. As a consequence, parking jams are occurring other places. To make matters worse, the downtown area is riddled with so many crosswalks, drivers can’t tell which ones are real, and so the commissioners voted to sacrifice a precious parking space to put up a sign indicating pedestrians will be using a particular one. Saith the reporter:

Fix a problem, create a new one. That’s how the cookie has crumbled lately in Sylva.